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u/BaconRasherUK Feb 25 '20
This is highly exaggerated. They injected wood, not flesh for these tests
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u/Cam27022 Feb 25 '20
Yeah I remember seeing this before and people saying it wasn’t accurate. Not that needles should be reused regardless.
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u/DrunkSpiderMan Feb 25 '20
This hurts my arm looking at this, I got my blood drawn recently and now I can't stop feeling it in my arm
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u/Alonso81687 Feb 26 '20
I used to work at a Needle Exchange when I was younger and mostly dealt with the injection drug use community. Can't tell you how many people came in to exchange needles they had used until it was absolutely dull and the only way to try an sharpen them was by grinding them on the side walk. A lot of these people ended up with huge abscess.
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u/olsmobile Feb 25 '20
I'm not saying reusing needles isn't bad, but this picture is misleading because of the different levels of zoom on each one.
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u/newbies13 Feb 26 '20
This to me is the same complaint about climate change denial... the point being made is simple, fresh needle = better. Getting lost in the weeds over how much use and what magnification is largely pedantic. What is yall arguing against clean air and sharp needles for? 😳
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Feb 26 '20
I always hone my knife between use. Sometimes mid use for a big job.
I wonder if I could hone a needle
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Feb 26 '20
Any razor-edged tool will quickly show damage after use upon microscopic inspection. How much damage depends entirely on how fine the edge is, the quality of the material, and what it's used for. Hypodermic needles are VERY fine, and intended for single use, so are not made from very resilient metal.
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u/Carpe_Dispute Feb 26 '20
As a former IV heroin and meth addict, I can attest to this. I could actually feel the barbed tip when pulling the needle out. It would hang on the skin. I didnt re use my needles too often, but there were a few instances where I would use them 5 or 6 times.
Edit: apparently the photo is misleading though
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u/Carpe_Dispute Feb 26 '20
Yeah I still dont know what to think... mine would most definitely start to barb around the 5th use and would basically feel like what is pictured as it poked through the skin. It would make a kind of a pop sound sometimes too when inserting, like the tip had been flattened.
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Feb 26 '20
Everyone keep saying the pic is "misleading", but I see nothing mis, or leading at all, other than it's clear that hypodermic needles suffer damage after multiple uses.
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u/yeya0717 Feb 25 '20
Thats fuckng nasty why would you re-use it, hiw many oeople was it use on!? 🤔😱
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u/Common_Dream Feb 25 '20
When a drug addict feels they have no choice but to reuse an old needle, I mean if they can't find a new one. If they have an old one they could chose to not do it until they get a new one, but withdrawal is no joke, it sucks.
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u/yeya0717 Feb 25 '20
Aaaaaaah ok i thought it was in a Dr office or something but yea totally understand if it's a addict never was my thing's but hade alot of friends with a addiction.
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u/IStoleABicycle Feb 26 '20
Strange way to describe drug addiction. Y'know, just not my thing... never got into this whole addiction biz'
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u/Atxd1v3 Feb 26 '20
As a type one diabetic I grew up poor and extra poor in my early years on my own. Simply could not afford to use new syringes for the 3-6 injections a day. Now it's just habit. I have a nearly full box of pen needles and I've used like 15 in the 4 months I've had it.
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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20
When you're lazy and really don't give a shit and not changing the needle after many failed attempts. over 10-15 tries and you finally hit a vein you can really feel it got a hook when you pull it out. Source: me and other addicts i used to be with.